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* One is to exclude it from your updates list (see man yum.conf or http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/ManYumConf)

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* Another way is to use the versionlock plugin to yum which performs a similar function. See [https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/2005-August/007194.html this post from Panu Matilainen] for more details.

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* Another way to pin package "foo" to a certain version is to use the versionlock plugin.

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If you are using the latest Fedora (12) then the plugin can be installed using:

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{{{

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yum install yum-plugin-versionlock

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To add files that you want version locked, use the following yum command: